The Grinch Is Back with a New Christmas Story
2023-12-02
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1One year has passed since the Grinch stole Christmas from the town of Whoville.
2Now, the green creature is back in a follow-up book called How the Grinch Lost Christmas!
3And he wants to prove to the Whos of Whoville that he has changed.
4The Grinch is a character from the 1957 children's book How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss.
5In that story, the Grinch tries to ruin Whoville's Christmas by stealing their gifts, ornaments and food.
6But later he learns that the holiday is about spending time with family and friends.
7Dr. Seuss's book sold millions of copies and was translated into several languages.
8The story has been turned into a television program, two movies and even a Broadway musical.
9Random House, the book's publisher, said in a statement, "One of the most asked questions we receive from Seuss fans of all ages is 'What do you think happened to the Grinch after he stole Christmas?'"
10So, the decision was made to write a new book to follow up on the story.
11The new book, How the Grinch Lost Christmas!, starts a year later in Whoville.
12The Grinch wants to prove that his heart has grown to love the holiday.
13The Grinch had been patiently waiting all year,
14To celebrate Christmas and bring the Whos cheer,
15And to show every Who he was DIFFERENT now.
16"I've changed!" thought the Grinch,
17"And I'll prove it! But HOW?"
18So, the Grinch tries to win a Whoville's Christmas award by making the largest and the best Christmas tree the Whos have ever seen.
19But, things do not go as planned.
20Young Cindy-Lou Who wins the contest.
21The Grinch is shocked and his heart turns ice cold.
22The green creature threatens to leave Whoville for real this time.
23Cindy-Lou reaches out and tells the Grinch that her tree has ornaments from everyone in Whoville except one.
24In the end, the Grinch returns with an ornament for Cindy-Lou and regains his spirit of giving.
25Dr. Seuss, whose real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel, died in 1991.
26So, Alastair Heim, who has worked on several Dr. Seuss' books, wrote the new story. And Aristides Ruiz provided the illustrations.
27Heim told The Associated Press in an email last February, "All throughout writing the story, I couldn't fully believe that I was actually getting to play in the amazing creative sandbox Dr. Seuss created all those decades ago."
28Ruiz said he jumped at the chance to draw for the book.
29But he said the work on the new book was "difficult" because it is such a big part of the Christmas tradition in the United States.
30I'm Caty Weaver.
1One year has passed since the Grinch stole Christmas from the town of Whoville. Now, the green creature is back in a follow-up book called How the Grinch Lost Christmas! 2And he wants to prove to the Whos of Whoville that he has changed. 3The Grinch is a character from the 1957 children's book How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss. In that story, the Grinch tries to ruin Whoville's Christmas by stealing their gifts, ornaments and food. But later he learns that the holiday is about spending time with family and friends. 4Dr. Seuss's book sold millions of copies and was translated into several languages. The story has been turned into a television program, two movies and even a Broadway musical. 5Random House, the book's publisher, said in a statement, "One of the most asked questions we receive from Seuss fans of all ages is 'What do you think happened to the Grinch after he stole Christmas?'" 6So, the decision was made to write a new book to follow up on the story. 7The new book, How the Grinch Lost Christmas!, starts a year later in Whoville. The Grinch wants to prove that his heart has grown to love the holiday. 8The Grinch had been patiently waiting all year, 9To celebrate Christmas and bring the Whos cheer, 10And to show every Who he was DIFFERENT now. 11"I've changed!" thought the Grinch, 12"And I'll prove it! But HOW?" 13So, the Grinch tries to win a Whoville's Christmas award by making the largest and the best Christmas tree the Whos have ever seen. 14But, things do not go as planned. Young Cindy-Lou Who wins the contest. The Grinch is shocked and his heart turns ice cold. The green creature threatens to leave Whoville for real this time. Cindy-Lou reaches out and tells the Grinch that her tree has ornaments from everyone in Whoville except one. In the end, the Grinch returns with an ornament for Cindy-Lou and regains his spirit of giving. 15Dr. Seuss, whose real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel, died in 1991. So, Alastair Heim, who has worked on several Dr. Seuss' books, wrote the new story. And Aristides Ruiz provided the illustrations. 16Heim told The Associated Press in an email last February, "All throughout writing the story, I couldn't fully believe that I was actually getting to play in the amazing creative sandbox Dr. Seuss created all those decades ago." 17Ruiz said he jumped at the chance to draw for the book. But he said the work on the new book was "difficult" because it is such a big part of the Christmas tradition in the United States. 18I'm Caty Weaver. 19Hai Do wrote this story for Learning English with additional reporting from The Associated Press. 20________________________________________________ 21Words in This Story 22character - n. a person who appears in a story, book, play, movie or show 23ornament - n. a small object that are hung on Christmas Tree 24translate - v. to change words from one language to another language